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room service and answering the door
bells. All these drills are gone through
systematically, accompanied by sing
ing and games, which make the work
like play for the children. Mothers
have told how the children are teach
ing them to do things at home they
never knew how to do before.
'.It is through the children we hope
to redeem the homes of the future.
said Mrs. j. C. Coonley, one of the board
OF managers. Little can be done with
the mothers, who are often ignorant of
the simplest rules of cooking, and only
get through their housework in an in
different, slipshod sort of way. and who
are entirely untitled to be wives, moth
ers or housekeepers. But of these chill
dren we hope to make better and more
useful women. You can see how this
subject touches on the temperance and
labor questions. If the appetites of
men are satisfied with good, wholesome
food, well cooked, few of them are go
ing to the saloon to drink and spend
their time. And if poor women are
enabled by the lessons of household
economy taught by the schools to make
one dollar go as far as two dollars used
to go, there win not be so much abject
poverty as there is now.
"And these lessons do not apply alone
to the poor and middle classes" con-
tinued the lady, .'but to the rich as well.
Rich mems daughters belong to the
poor young men for wives, and should
be brought up to consider housework
one Of. the accomplishments necessary
to the completion of their education,
and to make husbands small salary
meet the demands of the household.
A number of the daughters of my
friends are engaged to poor young
men, and there is no good reason why
they can not be married and happy
right away. except for the foolish idea
of the young men that they must have
as much to begin married life with as
the father of the young lady is possessed
of, and the hopes of soon gaining the
desired riches. Many women who are
intelligent and accomplished in most
things are proud of their utter helpless
ness in regard to the household affairs,
In dressmaker's rooms one day I saw
q lady who resides on Michigan avenue.
She had brought garment for the
dressmaker to mend. Tryingit on, she
showed slight rip in the armhole, and
told where the sleeve pinched a little,
being too tight.
rs that alp asked the patient dress
maker.
".Why, yes. You know can't sew.
or Iwould not have troubled you about
| it,
''Then, after a long complaint about
her cook having left her, and how the
family would have starved if it had not
been FOR the little knowledge the cham
bermaid had of cooking, and frequent
visits to the restaurants, this entirely
useless person departed, having spent
enough time on this errand to have
learned how to prepare simple meal.
or at least to mend rent that required
only few stitches. When such women
learn that all work is honorable and
only idleness is thing to be ashamed
of the homes in this country will be bet
ter of. Even large establishments
where many competent servants are EN-
ployed would be better conducted if the
mistress were an accomplished house
wife. - Chicago Herald.
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SUBMISSION or WIVES.
A Social and Domestic Question Of Con
siderable Interest and Importance.


siderable Intcrest and Importance.
How far this submitting unto ones
own husband should be carried. is a
question for consideration. True it is
that wifely submission is not in much
danger of being carried 10 excess in this
age Of woman's rights; and yet one
sometimes sees an exception in the per-
son of meek woman, who, partly
through fear, and partly through mis-
taken notion Of duty, merges her senti-
ments, her ideas, her very self in her
husband. She loses her own identity
and becomes simply his echo.
This would be less deplorable than Il
is if the husband who thus absorbs her
were always superior character (for
suchwomen are always weak and would
not amonnt to much in themselves).
But sad as it is, these oaks to which
such tender vines cling are not always
the strong supports they should be.
When a man is selfish. tyrannical
and dishonest, so much so that he even
finds himself almost without friends.
must his gentle wife, who is capable Of
winning friends by her own lovely
character, renounce every hope Of hap
piness. of friendship, Of the pleasure Of
society, by frowning upon all who dis
agree with him. forsaking all who dis
approve his meanness, and making
strangers feel that she is as bad as him
self? lean not think it right. Its too
much for one soul to require of another!
Too much in the wrong direction. It
is beautiful to see wife love and seek
| to save her husband, all the more as he
becomes .ssinking ship;" but If she
can not save him, II he win deliberately
sink, she is not, / believe, required to
sink with him to the extent Of wreck
ing her own life. Woman has indi-
| yiduality of her own, a character Of
her own to maintain just as much a
man. 1t is as valuable to her as hel
husbands is to him; and she is fully al
| strong to maintain it The best Of mer
/ admit that only in physical sense Il
| she 1.-THE weaker SEX" but q mournfu
exception is the woman who adds the
folly Of allowing herself to become ths
echo Of hollow, brazen vessel, TO thu
mistake Of having become his wife, =
! Carjstiop AT Work
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PuNeENT PARAGRAPHS.

n
Great hearts alone understand how
much glory there is in being good
Michelet
"A young man who has been Tilted
half dozen times is going around
town trying to organize Love Insur
ance Company.
Nowadays only well-to-do ladies
can afford to have maids to help them
dress, but in the olden times every
housewife had dresser. Boston Budg-
ct.
One of the largest and most perfect
emeralds in the country has been pre-
sented to James Frank Morrison, of
Baltimore. 1t weighs 81 carats, and is
worth about 5000.
You deceive yourself, my son. You
think you should like to knowwhat peo-
pie think of you, but you don't want to
know any thing of the kind. In your
heart OF heart, you know you don't
Burdettc.
Procedure Amendment.--.sTo in
sert "A member rising in his place may
move How can he rise without
movinga OF course he can move with
out rising. But they'll never get on at
this pace.-Punch.
The Thoughts Of Our Bad Boy
at hurt me worse than you, my lad,
To punish you for being bad"
The bowling son,
When dad has done,
Thinks, "golly, don't / wish 1t had
TEXAS Sittinqs.
-Jones-"I don't like Robinson" )"
Brown-"Why note" JONES' He said
was no better than / should be. /"
Brown-"Well. are youP" Jones-"N
course I--well, that is--say, Brown, Is
anybody?'
Papa" said a Chicago young
woman, .'at the concert heard some
body refer to the tout ensemble. What
kind of an instrument is that, papaPn
Papa (notquite sure Of himself II think
1t must be French for rtrombone.-M r
Interior.
How it happened. Prisoner Its
me family throubles, your honor, that
are the cause of my getting dhrunk. !"
Justice-"Wh do you meanP' Pris-
oner-"Sure / used to take back the
washing that the ould woman did. and
its her shameful caralessness in thrust
ing the money to me that led me into
temptation. .n-Td-Bits.
Our little niece, four years old, was
visiting her grandmother. Among other
things given her. to play with was
large, old-fashioned cent. Maud took
this up and viewed it meditatively for
some time. Then she suddenly ex-
claimed: "Grandma, I've been thinking
/ if they used to have such big cents as
this. their dollars must have been whop-
persr' Babyhood.
Lady Gn art store)-"Haye you
any paintings you can guarantee to be
real old masters?' Proprietor-"We
have a few. madam, that are well
authenticated. What particular study
or subject would you preferp' Lady
Ga little undecided weller bit Of
Adirondack scenery, think; or, If you
haven't that, Niagara Falls in Winter
/ will do"
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!. SPRING GREETING.

-. !. 4h,s the blue-birds call,
Hlss Hlliasarr = I'm mate and nesting tree,
.sssssss sess6 6dcht through forest hall,
fnsN Nerriiy, cheerilyf -,
=. !. snring-be joyous ALI!
y. Y 4 4 Thai the blue-birds call
-. 4 Ills the robins sing,
Nsss Ngcoinr n from each leafing tree,
rssine al the woodland ring,
Herrily, checrily'
90 !. snriue, gladsome spring.
~. " 4 4 what the robins sing.
o,st a This our blithe hearts say,
~ = lie wakened earth we see
srsldering her robes SO gay,
= NerfilJ cheerilyf ,
III 4 what our blithe hearts say.
se-~,nes old way and springs old song,
1rfv suur in newer key:
e,ssdeued lives to spring BELONG
Merrily, cheerily,.
a.. = then, sing loud and long,
~ sws,conc. spring, in springs old wayw
rws ~ Cart Huntington, in Good Housekeeping
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"A new extract Of coal pyrcfstrin-
exists in certain Russian bituminous
coal to the extent Of eighteen per cent.
It is . powerful antiseptic, and il
claimed to be cheap and remarkably
effective tanning agent--Sprinqses0
.(0.J Times.
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A MEXICAN DINNER.
Questionable Delicacieh Served ut . Recent
Banquet ut Philadelphia.

At each guests plate a menu card
was placed. The cards were beautifully
decorated by the Mexican artists. Some
of the cards were decorated with minia-
ture birds made of gay feathers. Othez
cards were artistically gotten up with
straw work woven about the corners,
and below on all the cards was printed
in Spanish the following:
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HOW TO COOK.
e.nsible Girls Who Are Finding
Out About It.
=. Ars Poor and Some Are Rich, But
an EnthusIastic--An Evening Scene
In . school Of Cookery.

and tWOS, cllmptu Ciic QUILTS WHiCH Acau
i ! narrow and cramped fiat. One of
the Young women was cashier in a
dr goods store, three were type
xriters, two were shop girls employed
n State street, one a milliner and one
/. sewing girl. All were well dressed
md jolly, and inclined to giggle and
liter about nothings. Nobody appeared
d welcome them nor to ask them to
tate Of .their things" but by this they
we're in nowise embarrassed, for they
promptly their wraps and made
themselves at home, After good deal
sfpimping before a mirror, arranging
Il stray locks OF brown, black and
GOLDEN hair, brushing Of shop dust and
street mud from their dresses. and wash
hg Of hands and trimming of finger
nails they all put on large aprons and
pulled their sleeves up from their plump
wrists as il they meant business, and
hen trooped into the kitchen. They
sere in such good spirits that but for the
net that young ladies attending a party
q Usually afraid to let it be known that
thsy ever entered kitchen, one might
esdly imagine these young women had
sathered for social pleasures. And SO
hey had-for a cooking party. This
hak then, was the abode Of the Chicago
Shoolof Cookery and Housework, and
these young women were the members
q one Of its classes, assembling for an
essning lesson. Mrs. Riley, the comely
manager, teacher and presiding genius
cf the school, is a cheerful sort OF a
person, as lively as cricket, always
miiing and appearing altogether like
oae Who enjoys life. and goodly share
q the good things in it. Though not
9 an tat, she is a plump little body,
s'ld plenty Of good, healthy color in
~ face, and general suggestion Of a
sssh appetite and Of physical prosperity
g Diet Of her own cooking.
Afs Riley puts on her apron and
nns the girls who have gathered about
e Big mixing table in the preparing
NON. Out Of her book the teacher
isads list Of the dishes to be prepared
a's'ng the evening, and to each pupil
aagas task. The girls go to work
nlA will Out Of the numerous
sfaxeFs and cupboards of the large
az.ilke table are taken pudding dishes,
n'nlag kettles and pans, moldine
esfas' = wooden bowls, graduated cups
= " sizes. and also the materials fol
@01'ng When any thing is needed,
soNa goes black or brown head, and
y aes'red article at once appears from
e ne mysterious box. Awell-stocked
J. g ilte that, one can not help think.
R snlle the girls are bobbing around
seuld De handy thing to have in
- mouse. particularly If among its
Z. .',e0ments was good cook. On the
.s''A within easy reaching distance
U ranged various other utensils re-
sd y 2 kitchen. The arrangement,
s. sy,tem are perfect, and every thing
sqanteIy neat and well kept.
e. 3. now the girls have the ingredi
Il A2x sN~
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There is man in Wellington SC
short that when he is i'll he doesn't
know whether he has the headache OF
corns.- Winfield Tribune.
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DIR. Carlos Finlay, of Havana, con.
tends that yellow fever is transmitted
by incubation, which is largely per
formed by mosquitoes. = Golden Rulc.
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Very often hero is simply the man
who does what nyl are afraid to do
yourself, =.
, 1887-08-14

The practice of interviewing has been
carried to a great length, and has been
much abused. Cases have arisen where
published interviews have beer declared
genuine when, as a matter of fact, the
article was the offspring of the brain of
some clever but inscriptions reporter.
But in n great many instances, even the
ordinary interviewer is a blessing to the
public, giving, as he does, correct and
timely notice of catastrophies and casual
ties which but for him might remain un-
known for hours or days. In the case of
a great accident, say on the railroad, the
reporter is the first on the spot ascertain
ing the details, placing the blame where
it belongs, and enabling the public to
judge of the cause. The risk of fraudu-
lent or incorrect interviews is greatly
lessened, indeed removed altogether, II
the person interviewed is allowed to re-
wise what he has siid.-Martha j. Lamb
in The EDOCh,
, 1887-08-14
The English skyIark.

The lark is, probably, if the whole
truth were told, at first rather a disap-
pointment TO most Americans, who not
unnaturally expect from ''the bird that
sings Mt Heavens gate" n song of great
variety and volume. 1t was in Sussex
many years ago, upon the cliffs overlook
ing st. Leonard's-on-the-Sea, that we first
made his acquaintance. 1t was early
morning, clear and calm after a night of
storm, which had brought two wrecks on
Shore within sight, and the shock and roar
of the waves were still so tremendous that
we were fairly driven from our nc
customed walk along the Marina, and
turning inland by a oad which tunneled
its way upward, gained the level of the
rich farming land above the town. AS
we emerged INTO the sunshine a bird rose
singing from an adjacent field. "Can that
feeble, monotonous chirper be a skylark?"
thought we as he rose higher, still con-
tinuing to sing. His actions answered
the doubt; for as If he had been on exhi-
bition, he still rose with successive hut-
tering impulses in n widening spiral, till
he was quite lost to sight in the cloudless
sky, while his voice proved itself of more
penetrating quality han had at first up
peared, for it continued to reach us,
family, 1t is true, but with perfect dis
tinctness.-Theodore II. Mead in Ameri-
can Magazine.
, 1887-08-14

In 1876 there were but about 100 China
men in New York. The Chinatown of
the present was a very insignificant col
ony, and a queue seen on the streets
created a sensation, Mt least among the
ranks of the small boys downtown. Now
there are fully 5000 Celestials in this city.
They are doing well in various lines of
business, and there are n large number of
them who ave BAN accounts running
into thousands and tens of thousands of
dollars. In fact there are at least two
Chinese merchants in Mott street who EACH
own considerably over 800, 900 in property
and money. 1t was not until 1875 that
the Chinese took possession Of Mott street.
At that time the six companies of San
Francisco, which practically controlled the
Chinese population of that city, established
an agency in this once fashionable street.
AS new arrivals from the fiowery king
dom appeared on the scene they settled
down in this spot and Chinatown waxed
and grew strong, until it became what it
now is, a veritable city within a city, hav-
ing its W municipal government md in
most matters making laws suiting itself,
and growing in strength oblivious of the
political IN social amenities of the great
city around it. Thu Chinese evidently be-
lieve in close corporations New York
Mail and Express.
, 1887-08-14
TERRITORIAL GOSSIP.



The Union Pacific have raised the
price of their town lots in Rawlins so and
$50 per cent on their former price. The
Journal hopes the equalization board
will note this fact and raise the valuation
accordingly.
A stranger upon being told that only
half the Cinnamon in camp worked
would naturally wonder how the other
half lived. 1t is certain that a great
many Of them live by gambling and that
some of the richest Cinnamon in camp
are professional gamblers.
fRawlins Tribune.l
His Excellency, Governor Moonlight
and a party of-swenty-ive ladies and gem
tlemen visited this city on a special train
to day. The company expressed them,
selves well pleased with the city, and the
manifest evidences OF prosperity. They
departed west about 2 O'Clock this after
noon
Lander MOuntaineerl
The Fort Washable water system is
about completed. The total cost of the
system will be about 5 $1,000. The water
comes from the Little Wind river,
through the medium of a steam force
pump, which keeps a 10000 gallon tank,
distant 200 yards, constantly filed, and
from it the water is conveyed in pipes for
the supply Of the post.
, 1887-08-14
Among the Ghilzais.

Before a good many of the tents there
stood a rude tripod, consisting of three
poles tied together near the top. Sus-
pended to these were goatskin churns,
which were operated by two
Jerking them smartly back and forth.
The art of making such butter as we are
accustomed to seems to be unknown
among these people; but they obtain
from their goat milk a tasteless substi-
tute, called musical, which represents
the fatty properties of the milk. An
other production obtained from it is
mast, a thick, tartish preparation, which,
with bread, forms the staple food of the
Ghilzais; in taste and consistency this
mast somewhat resembles clabbered milk.
A very palntable and sustaining article of
food for using on the march is prepared
by making mast up into dumping like
balls and drying them in the sun. Bush
els of these portable articles of food were
spread GU TO dry on the dropping roofs
of the tents and on cloths on the ground.
By another process is made a very
wholesome and refreshing drink called
doke. In taste and appearance doke is
closely allied to buttermilk, but by some
peculiar process is endowed with proper
ties that keep it fresh and wholesome for
nm indefinite period of time. A Ghilzais
starting for a long journey across the des-
ert takes on his camel a goat skin full of
this doke and a liberal quantity of the
sun dried mast balls. Half a bushel of
the latter and a skinful of the former
provide him with wholesome and appe-
tizing food and drink for n weeks jour
ney.-Thomas Stevens in Now York
World,
, 1887-08-14
Work Among tho IndIans,

Grace Howard, the well known jour
nalist's oldest daughter, writes home
from the Crow Greek Mission, OAK,
where she has comfortably established
herself, that her plans for the betterment
of the industrial condition of the Indian
women are already under way. She has
not gone west as a teacher, as the papers
have reported, but her scheme, which is
an original one, is to open on a small
scale an establishment for the cutting,
fitting and manufacture of clothing and
other household articles which the Indi-
II now beg from the missionaries or
buy when, as does not often happen, the
agents have any for sale. Her work is
for her own sex. Indian girls " she
said TO me just before her departure,
''aro like white American girls in n re-
spect at least; they will not go out to ser
vice. They do not make good servants,
and, aside from homework in the fam
lilies of the officers on the frontier posts,
there has been absolutely nothing for
them to do. No wonder they sometimes
drop back into barbarism. l want to
give them a chance industrially." Miss
Howard is in her early twenties, a fine
looking girl, very much in earnest
New York Mail and Express.
, 1887-08-14
AnnAfrican Potentate.

The kings clothing consists of n red
cloth, sugar loaf cap, n few brass rings
upon his arms, coral necklace and a vel
low silken loose robe. His wrinkled fore
head shows that he has had trouble in his
time.
He is very civil to his chiefs, sending to
each, after they make obeisance, n piece of
kolah nut. He sen to each of us the
same.
All who approach the throne, the mo-
ment they enter the open space in front
rigidly kept clear-double their right
hand into n fist and shake it at the king.
This, which is a signal OF assault and
battery here, is in Africa correct court
etiquette. 1t means: 81 hope that l see
you strong and well, o king, like unto
my fist and my arm"
, 1887-08-14

On entering a Coptic place of worship
n would hardly imagine himself in
other thar n Greek church. In the vesti-
bule there is a large basin for washing the
feet, where, ever Jan. IS, to commemor-
ate the baptism of our Lord, the water
receives an especial priestly blessing, and
then occurs excessive bathing therein by
the men and boys. But they observe the
day with more gusto in the river. After
the Nile itself has been baptised by pour
ing in some c~onseCrated water, the entire
Coptic male population may be seen
swimming about. AS each dives, another,
standing by, says: Plunge, as thy father
and grandfather plunged before thee, and
remove El-Islam from thy heart" To
return to the vestibule trough, it is also
there where, on the eve of this day, on
Holy Thursday, and at the Feast of the
Apostles, the priest washes the feet of the
whole congregation! The Coptic clergy
must be made of sterner stuff than most.
Egyptian Cor. Cleveland Leader.
, 1887-08-14
Tho Old Man Cured En-.

It appears that in this bank the clerks
were frequently compelled to ask the pay
lag teller for a little INT assistance
between pay days, and he, being of a
kindly disposition, cashed their due bills,
carrying the paper in the drawer as SO
much cash. At the end of the month the
advances were deducted from the salaries
of those favored. These pieces of paDer
were professionally known as Snakes.
1t so happened on one occasion that the
bank IN paid his official visit when
there were In the drawer "snakes" mount
ing to about 5000, and the paying teller
was compelled to confess that he often
advanced money to the clerks in this man
ner. 'It's n bad practice" said the ex-
aminer, ''for it encourages extravaganza,
and is liable to get you into trouble with
the board" Soon after his departure the
cashier-a venerable gentleman since de
ceased-approached the paying teller and
asked what was meant by the term
''snakes" which he had overheard used in
the conversation with the examiner.
There was nothing left him but to explain
the whole matter, which he did by telling
how the young gentlemen in the bank
had gotten behindhand in their finances
and were forced to negotiate short loans
each month.
''And this is really the condition of our
young mem" remarked the cashier.
II am sorry TO say yes"
"How much of this paper is there in the
draweri"
"About 5000"
$50 much as that Let me see the
paper"
The little due bills were handed him,
and he walked into his private office. In
n few minute he came out with "a check
in his hand. 1t was his personal check for
the full amount of the ''snakes." Said
he: o.
"Put this in the drawer. 1 will give
these young men a chance" and he tore
into small pieces the numerous due bills.
''They are now free; and let them keep so.
Don't advance any more money. Here
after l will loan it out of my private funds.
What they owe now is Cancelled"
1t took about five minutes for this little
affair to be known in the bank, and every
man in the place at once proceeded to
grumble to himself because he did not
have n SNAKE" in the drawer at that par
ticular Observation-Disclosures Bulletin.